Happy January to you. I genuinely hope your 2024 is full of all the smiles, deep chats, memorable adventures, good cries, long naps, creative energy and excitement.
2023 was not a cake walk. I spent a lot of it self-isolating and reflecting. There were some beautiful and transformative moments that have led me to feel absolutely amped up and creatively charged. It’s safe to say, I am ready to expand, and morph into a new me.
I’m trying something new: a newsletter that encompasses all my wacky n weird, happy + sad, bright & dark, thoughts, visuals, favorite things, favorite art and artists, advice, feelings, and who knows what else.
If it goes well, then maaaaybe this will become a regular/monthly thing (?!?!)
Edition 01 recounts my favorites of 2023 + ambitions for the new one, and what I’m currently loving. It’s really quite random. My hopes is eventually, this will expand and become more immersive and fun for you too ;)
Can’t wait to hear what you think.
Xo Caroline
2023 was quite the year.
I think I had a small yet effective identity crisis? But that's kinda normal at 29. Right?
Naturally, I took a lot of selfies.
Foot
Self
Portraits
too?
Was dumb and spent my entire wallet at Sephora.
All of my favorites →
I even took an astrocartography course by Maxine Luzia.
Brimfield (duh)
Winsmith Mill Market in Norwood, MA.
The Blessing Barn, Mendon, MA.
Off the Common Antiques, Grafton, MA.
The Antique Warehouse, Hudson, NY.
Work was quite busy.
Produced some pretty cool things, traveled to some fun places (Dallas, ATL, Cape Town) and met and reconnected with so many wonderful artists.
Lucky to work with such special colleagues who I consider friends and fabulous production partners.
Loved this movie and quite literally cried for the entire duration of it.
Oppositely, cried laughing during this one.
I endlessly scrolled on TikTok.
Their acoustic cover of Less I Know the Better is chefs kiss. And their voices sound angelic together.
I have never been one for roast dinners but her videos are so oddly satisfying to watch. Lol.
My fyp looked a little bit like this. It is also full of booktok, makeup, italian moms cooking, north sea, alabama rush, etc etc etc.
Overall my page is full of astrologists. Some good, some bad. Brilla’s content I always like and her live readings I’ve done a couple times and are quite good!!
Her journaling videos are super calming to watch and i love all the paper and sticker noises. Have a lot of crafty/collaging things on my FYP :)
And I stepped up my reading game, bought a kindle, and read this gem of a book which is definitely my number one of the year.
I’m really pumped up for this year.
To kick things off, here is a playlist that embraces all of my current feels.
Caution: I do love sad and depressing music. Sorry!!
*currently reading.
EXTRA CHUNKY NECKLACES
IDK WHAT THIS IS EVEN CALLED, BUT THESE KIND OF SWEATERS/THIS COLOR PALETTE
CORDUROY
COLORFUL KNIT THINGS
PUMA’S
COLLARED SWEATERS
FUZZY SWEATER VESTS
CHROME NAILS
BAGGY JEANS W/ POINTY FLATS
There are a lot of visual themes and things that have been exciting me lately.
Florals in motion.
Fun
Tights!
Plaid and how stripes intersect.
Quilted Fabric, esp with florals.
And of course the icon, Miss Piggy.
Here are 6 artists I love right now.
Maya Beano o
Lucy Laucht
Rachael Tarravechiao
Leandro Colantoni
Made by
Deby C
Emma Ortiz
And Here are some prints from artists that you can buy for your home.
This month's theme is random, but thinking I will do themed editions in the future? Lmk what ya think.
Dani Velasco
Dani Velascao
Ana Leovy
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through. It means a whole lot. Really and truly.
If you have any thoughts, ideas, advice, critiques, please please email me. I’d love to know so I continue to improve and make this grow & flourish.